19C. RARE BARK JOHN & WINTHROP CARVEDWHALE TOOTH United States,1880A very stout whales tooth carved with an elaborate landscape depicting ships in a harbor with a bustling city (Most likely San Francisco) full...
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ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845): ORIGINALSHIP'S PASSPORT FOR THE WHALESHIP COMMODORE ROGERSSigned by President Andrew Jackson. Printed ship's passport for the whaleship Commodore Rogers , finished in a secretarial...
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JOHN SHAW (1935-2017) ENAMEL ON COPPERWHALING SCENEJohn Shaw (1935-2017) Enamel on Copper Whaling Scene , depicting 6 men in a longboat going on a whale, signed lower left Shaw, in gilt frame with linen liner....
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JOHN SHAW ENAMEL ON COPPER NANTUCKETSLEIGH RIDE WHALIN...John Shaw (1935-2017) Enamel on Copper Nantucket Sleigh Ride Whaling Scene, depicting a Nantucket sleigh ride with whale and whaleship in distance, mounted...
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JOHN SHAW ENAMEL ON COPPER "NANTUCKETATTACK!"John Shaw (Nantucket 1935-2017) Enamel on Copper "Nantucket Attack!" a whaling scene depicting six whalemen in a longboat going on a whale hunt, signed lower left...
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ALBUM CONTAINING RARE WHALING EPHEMERATO INCLUDEA MOBY DICK COMIC SIGNED BY GREGORY PECK AND JOHN HUSTON, GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE. A JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE ON BOARD SHIP DAUPHIN OUT OF NANTUCKET,...
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ALBUM CONTAINING 10 BROCHURES RELATEDTO WHALINGTO INCLUDE THE WHALEMAN STATUE ON THE GROUNDS OF NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY, THE MURDOCK WHALING VOYAGES AND ENVELOPE, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS, 1922....
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19TH C BOOK TITLED ETCHINGS OF A WHALINGCRUISEBY JOHN ROSS BROWNE. HE WAS THE THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN BORN TO THOMAS EGERTON BROWNE, AN IRISH NEWSPAPER EDITOR. THOMAS BROWNE WAS A NATIONALIST WHO RAN AFOUL OF...
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SEVEN BOOKS ON WHALING TOPICSSEVEN BOOKSON WHALING TOPICS, 1-2) Two-volume set History of the American Whale Fishery, by Alexander Starbuck, 1964. Limited edition of 750 copies. 3) The Yankee Whaler, by Clifford...
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JOHN STOBART (MASSACHUSETTS/FLORIDA,B. 1929), "WHALING IN THE ARCTIC: THE 'CHARLES W. MORGAN' IN 1884"., LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, 22.5" X 33.5". FRAMED 32" X 42".JOHN STOBART, Massachusetts/Florida, b. 1929, "Whaling...
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1724/1725 LETTER PERTAINING TO WHALINGDISPUTE SETTLEMENT SHEET SIZE 11.75" X 14.5". DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, From the Massachusetts Bay Colony Court of Admiralty, ruling for the recovery of 200 pounds' value of blubber...
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"JOHN PINKHAM MEMORIAL" SCRIMSHAW WHALE'STOOTH MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 7". TOOTH, Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts a sperm whale stoving a whaleboat, violently tossing the whalemen, oars and implements akimbo....
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH SIGNED BY CERESARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER MID-1830S LENGTH 6.5". ARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER, Mid-1830s, A rare example by the "Ceres C" artisan; few have come to market. Obverse depicts...
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FINE SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO CALEB J. ALBRO LATE 1830S LENGTH 6.5". TO CALEB J. ALBRO, Late 1830s, Obverse with a foliate festoon and banners framing "Ship John Coggeshall" above a whaling scene....
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONAL POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAWWHALE’S TEETH WITH PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 6.25". WHALE'S TEETH WITH PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, Mid-19th Century,...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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SIXTEEN BOOKS ON ARCTIC WHALING ANDEXPLORATION EXPLORATION, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, by A.W. Greely. 2) Arctic Adventure:...
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TWENTY-ONE PUBLICATIONS ON WHALING,SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) A Treasury of American...
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JOHN STOBART (AMERICA/ENGLAND, B. 1929),"NANTUCKET THE CELEBRATED WHALING PORT IN 1835"., LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, 24" X 35" SIGHT. FRAMED 34" X 45".JOHN STOBART, America/England, b. 1929, "Nantucket The Celebrated...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH PERTAININGTO JOSEPH WARREN MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". TO JOSEPH WARREN, Mid-19th Century, Both sides with interesting geometric compositions executed in black, red and subtle blue,...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH ALLEGORICALMOTIFS MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". MOTIFS, Mid-19th Century, Titled on base "Christ the True Vine", from John 15:1–17, where Jesus describes himself as the true vine and...
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WHALING SHIP MODEL, CA. 1900. WhalingBark "Helen Snow", New Bedford, built in a rather crude manner, but by the Captain of the ship, (as described below). Having the hunting and rendering details of whaling gear...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT ENGRAVER 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6.5". TO THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT ENGRAVER, 19th Century, Obverse with whaling scene of a whaleship trying down, three whaleboats...
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ACCOUNTING BOOK OF THE WHALING BARK"MARY FRAZIER" 13.25" X 18.25". "MARY FRAZIER", Manuscript officer's and crew account book for the bark's 1867-1871 whaling voyage to the Pacific under Thomas F. Caswell,...
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EXCEPTIONAL WALRUS AND WHALE IVORY SEAMRUBBER MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 4.25”. RUBBER, Mid-19th Century, Handle with turk's-head knop inset with a baleen circle. Octagonal stem with carved rings and baleen band....
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AFTER JOHN STOBART (AMERICAN B. 1929),'FLYING CLOUD' AND 'WHALING IN THE ARCTIC' TWO LIMITED EDITION PHOTOPRINTS, THE FIRST NUMBERED 86/850 AND THE SECOND NUMBERED 110/850, EACH PENCIL SIGNED L.R., EACH FRAME:...
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20 BOOKS RELATED TO WHALING TO INCLUDE:1.GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA BY CARL C. CUTLER, 1930, ILLUSTRATED. 2. WHALING AND SEALING, CHATHAM ISLAND BY RHYS RICHARDS, 1982. 3. OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. REVENUE STEAMER NUNIVAK...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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WHALING JOURNAL TO THE PACIFIC ON BOARDTHEWHALESHIP "GOOD RETURN II" OF NEW BEDFORD, DATED MAY 30TH, 1839. 243 HANDWRITTEN PAGES WITH NUMEROUS WHALE STAMPS. THE JOURNAL WAS KEPT BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TABER WHOSE...
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EARLY 19TH C OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS,PORTRAIT OFCAPTAIN JOHN TABER'S DAUGHTER. JOHN TABER WAS THE WHALING MASTER OF THE SHIP "GOOD RETURN". PAINTING HAS BEEN LINED ON MASONITE BOARD AND WOODEN CRADLE. IN ORIGINAL...
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25 HARD BOUND BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLEOR RELATEDTO WHALING TO INCLUDE: (1) "BENNITO CARENO" BY MELVILLE WITH PICTURES BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER, THE NONESUCH PRESS, 16 GREAT JAMES ST, LONDON, 1926, 123 HAND CUT PAGES,...
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BOUND PARTIAL WHALING JOURNAL KEPT ONBOARD THESHIP "THREE BROTHERS" OF NANTUCKET, MASTER HENRY PHELON, JOSEPH MITCHELL CHIEF MATE, JOHN CROWELL SECOND MATE, THOMAS RUSSELL THIRD MATE. BOATSTEERERS CHARLES STARBUCK,...
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BOUND STORE LEDGER, CA. 1750, FROM NANTUCKET,MA,MENTIONING THE PURCHASE OF FABRICS, DRY GOODS, AND WHALEBONE. SOME OF THE NAMES MENTIONED IN THE ENTRIES INCLUDE BEN HOWLAND, JOHN GRANT, GILES SLOCUM, CALEB HATHOWAY,...
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5-PIECE LOT OF NATIVE ALASKAN WHALINGOBJECTS. TOinclude: a scrimshaw walrus kayak with a hunter with spear, signed John Kokuluk, 6 1/2" long, 2" high. Small scrimshawed whale's tooth depicting a walrus hunt,...
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RARE 16 PAGE WHALING MANUSCRIPT, 1834,extensivelydetailed. Instructions for Captain John Egbert Howell (1813-1840) of the whaling ship Telegraph, Sag Harbor, New York, bound for the Pacific. Signed by his brothers, agents/owners...
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CASED SHIP MODEL OF THE WHALESHIP JOHNR. MANTA,early 20th century. Two masted whaling schooner. The model was restored by W. E. Dawson M.D. The John R. Manta was 102' in length and built in Essex, MA in 1904....
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